Nicholas Merryweather

Nicholas Merryweather studied at University College London, the Hochschule für Musik in Cologne and on the opera course at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.  Since leaving the Guildhall in 2007 he has sung for Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Festival d'Aix-en-Provence, British Youth Opera and English Touring Opera, as well as regular recitals and concerts in Britain and abroad.  He was the winner of the Glyndebourne Wessex Award in 2008 and is the current recipient of the ETO Chris Ball Bursary.  He continues to study with Jennifer Caron.

His oratorio repertoire includes Mendelssohn's Elijah, Handel's Messiah, Orff's Carmina Burana, Vaughan Williams' Sea Symphony, Brahms' Ein Deutsches Requiem and the Fauré and Duruflé Requiems.

Merryweather has sung the title roles in Don Giovanni and Le Nozze di Figaro for Longborough Festival Opera, Marco (Gianni Schicchi), Starveling (A Midsummer Night's Dream), Elviro (Xerxes) and Mr Fox in Tobias Picker's Fantastic Mr Fox (all for English Touring Opera) as well as Don Polidoro in Cimarosa's L'Italiana in Londra for Bampton Classical Opera and the Buxton Festival.

Further information: nicholasmerryweather.com

A selection of articles about Nicholas Merryweather

Ensemble. Cheeky Formula - Nicolò Isouard's 'Cendrillon' at Bampton Classical Opera, heard by Roderic Dunnett

Ensemble. Social Comedy - Britten's 'Albert Herring' at the Buxton Festival, reviewed by Mike Wheeler

Ensemble. A Gift for the Bizarre - Salieri operas in England impress Roderic Dunnett

Ensemble. Taking Risks - English Touring Opera's Autumn productions, reviewed by Roderic Dunnett

Ensemble. Achingly Beautiful - Agostino Steffani's 'Orlando Generoso', experienced by Roderic Dunnett

Ensemble. Intense and Believable - Handel's 'Xerxes', reviewed by Robert Hugill

Ensemble. A Little Bit of Magic - Purcell's 'The Fairy Queen', reviewed by Robert Hugill